Questions

Sometimes we ask those difficult questions like “Why does God allow Pain and disease?” Those are not easy questions to deal with and when asked, I am always thankful that the Holy Spirit is in me guiding my words and giving me sensitivity for the hurting person asking the questions. I shared with a questioning friend that I even struggle some days when my physical aches become overwhelming. But this morning, sitting in my backyard, with bumblebees and hummingbirds flying around, I choose to turn the tables!

Why does God allow a hummingbird to fly so close to me that can see his beautiful iridescent shade of blue?

Why does God allow the pungent smell of the orange blossoms fill my nose with citrusy perfume?

Why did God give me eyes to see the rich colors of a rose and ears to hear the wind in the nearby redwood trees?

Why did God allow Jesus to die for us?

The answer is love. He loves us and nothing can separate us from His love.

Deconstruction Continued!

I was so excited to be studying the “love chapter”! That great chapter in I Corinthians that helps you dwell on what love really is. When I was younger I looked at it as a “feel good” passage. Reminding me of how good God’s love is. It does. But now that I’m wiser older I know that God wants me to have His love reigning in heart every day and I look at this passage with different eyes. It’s a spiritual loofa! It wants to scrape all the unlovely things out of my soul! I cringe a bit, I swallow my pride and say, “Let the scrubbing begin!” 

Hard to Run

This morning, after a day when the news is filled with pain and suffering, I am thankful for the pain in my hip and the ache in my leg. Even though they are crooked I have hip joints. I have legs! Even though I have never run in a race, let alone a marathon, I can run across the church grass in my wobbly way and be happy for the sting in my muscles. I choose to turn to thankfulness and prayer. 
I am convinced that nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8